“In short, Aaron Swartz was not the super hacker breathlessly described in the Government’s indictment and forensic reports, and his actions did not pose a real danger to JSTOR, MIT or the public. He was an intelligent young man who found a loophole that would allow him to download a lot of documents quickly. This loophole was created intentionally by MIT and JSTOR, and was codified contractually in the piles of paperwork turned over during discovery.”

via The Truth about Aaron Swartz’s “Crime” « Unhandled Exception.

Links I posted to pinboard from April 8th through April 9th:

• While Everybody Was Flipping Out About Instagram-Facebook, AOL Closed Up 43% Today – Business Insider – While Everybody Was Flipping Out About Instagram-Facebook, AOL Closed Up 43% Today $AOL $MSFT by @MattRosoff
• South African Township Barbershops & Salons | Brain Pickings – A design ethnography of South African barber shops
• 19 Regional Words All Americans Should Adopt Immediately – Mental Floss – 19 Regional Words All Americans Should Adopt Immediately —
• Did everybody see what just happened? The pendulum has swung. –
  Find Office Space – 42Floors – Did everybody see what just happened? The pendulum has swung. (@jasonfreedman / 42Floors)
• Untitled (http://www.techmeme.com/120408/p8#a120408p8) – Did everybody see what just happened? The pendulum has swung. (@jasonfreedman / 42Floors)

Links I posted to pinboard from April 5th through April 7th:

• Robot Cargo Ship’s Space Station Arrival: Big Pic : Discovery News – Looks like Ridley Scott science fiction, but real: Docking cargo ship at the ISS.
• Trojans, viruses, worms: How does malware get on PCs and Macs? | ZDNet – For new followers, I recommend this post from last year: Trojans, viruses, worms: How does malware get on PCs and Macs?
• Joke app Happy Poo finds some success on Android platform | VentureBeat – Was so much cooler when it was iPhone only RT @deantak: Joke app Happy Poo finds some success on Android platform:
• There’s a Pinterest for that – Also, don't miss our pinboard of Pinterest clones, "There's a Pinterest for that." by @kelly_heather
• Stuff I found online / Pinterest is now the third most popular social network. WTF? – Pinterest is now the third most popular social network. WTF?
• This Creepy App Isn’t Just Stalking Women Without Their Knowledge, It’s A Wake-Up Call About Facebook Privacy [Update] | Cult of Mac – Finally read @DrCrypt's story, which kicked off the whole "Girls Around Me" controversy. A great read!

Links I posted to pinboard from March 18th through March 21st:

• Twitter – OMG Twitter predicted by teh Bible!! Got it exactly right, too.
• Design case study: iPad to Windows 8 Metro style app – Nifty! RT @ryantate @dnanian: interesting study of one app expressed with iOS (iPad) and Metro:
• Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal – The (tragic!) life cycle of a physicist.
• 10 disruptive individuals who are reshaping the mobile industry | VentureBeat – 10 innovative individuals who are disrupting the mobile industry:
• Derek Powazek – How To Spot A Liar – If you traffic in true stories, you can’t lie to your audience, period.
• How Facebook Lets You Live Forever (Sort Of) – Ross Andersen – Technology – The Atlantic – "Facebook lets you survive for everyone else, but you can't survive for yourself."

Links I posted to pinboard from March 17th through March 18th:

• How To Convert a SIM to a MicroSIM with a Meat Cleaver! – Solutios – I am relieved to report that this how-to on cutting a SIM down to micro size actually works:
• Largely Unaltered Show Goes On for Fact-Challenged Apple Monologist | Gadget Lab | Wired.com – Wired's @davemosher fact-checks Mike Daisey's stage show. He's still lying:
• Sex-Deprived Male Fruit Flies Turn to Alcohol, Research Shows – Businessweek – Vicious circle: Sex-deprived fruit flies turn to alcohol Alcohol addiction makes fruit flies horny
• Alcohol addiction and sex in flies — Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences – Vicious circle: Sex-deprived fruit flies turn to alcohol Alcohol addiction makes fruit flies horny
• Facebook’s Hacker Cup draws the world’s speed-programming elite | VentureBeat – Facebook’s Hacker Cup draws the world’s speed-programming elite. And bunnies!